Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.
Ok, I gave up on the idea of staying offline in the mornings. Reason: Because of my Market Watch column for Writersmarket.com, I need to surf the Web for publishing industry info each morning. I tried to make notes of stuff that would be good tweet and blog post material . . .
To the left: my comic for Writer Unboxed this past weekend. You can see a bigger version by clicking on the comic and going to Writer Unboxed (a GREAT site for writers, by the way, if you haven’t already visited). I have found this pattern to be increasingly the norm for me . . .
(Above: I just got my very first NY Public Library card, yay!) Apologies for the lack of posts recently. I’m in NYC at the moment, and don’t have reliable Internet access where I’m staying. Visited Surtex and the National Stationery Show (I have a weakness for paper and office supplies) . . .
Jo Karaplis lives and breathes books. During the day, she works for a children’s publishing house in Toronto. In the evenings, she’s usually either reading a book or working on her own. Jo’s also a member of the Toronto Middle Grade/YA Writer Group (Torkidlit), which is how I met her. Jo’s website: http://www.joannakaraplis.com/ . . .
Above: Neil Gaiman and his kitty, Oz. Ok, so this blog has zero practical info, but how can you resist photos of writers and their feline friends? Check out Writers and Kitties.
Thanks to author Lois Peterson for inviting me as a guest to the Festival Of Trees event today. I had a ton of fun wandering around the event, seeing authors give workshops and talks, attending some of the awards ceremonies, chatting with other attendees. And WOW, I’ve never seen kids SO EXCITED . . .
Thanks to school librarian Lynda Shoup for the Stylish Blogger Award: Heh. The award immediately inspired the cartoon above. Apparently I’m supposed to tell you all 7-10 things about myself and then pass the award along to someone else. So here are some things about me that you may or may not know: . . .
Writer’s Block by DebsAndErrol Above: A fun song from Debs & Errol (a.k.a. Deborah Linden & Errol Elumir). Errol & Deborah are looking for new song ideas, by the way. If you’d like them to come up with some more writing-related songs, do go over to their CD Song Contest page and post your song ideas! . . .
WriterJust posted a Mother’s Day comic over on Writer Unboxed, for those interested.
Toronto author Hélène Boudreau writes fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. I first met Hélène at a Torkidlit group tweetup and have continued to be impressed by her never-ending positive creative energy, ability to juggle multiple projects AND her online promotion skills. Her tween novel, Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings was . . .